Kelsey Nixon is a chef who hosts the Cooking Channel

Cooking Channel

Cooking Channel is a television specialty channel that airs recurring programs about food and cooking, owned by Scripps Networks Interactive. It is a spinoff of Food Network, also owned by SNI, but focuses more on instructional shows rather than "reality style" and contest programming that Food...

 series, Kelsey’s Essentials, which premiered November 6, 2010. She was one of the final 4 contestants in season 4 of The Next Food Network Star

The Next Food Network Star

The Next Food Network Star is a reality television series produced by and aired on the Food Network in the United States that awards the winner his or her own series on the Food Network...

on the Food Network

Food Network

Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....

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Personal and professional life

Kelsey Nixon created her own cooking show, Kelsey’s Kitchen, while she was still in college, eventually hosting and producing 100 episodes over 2 years. After graduating from Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, she gained a professional culinary arts degree at Le Cordon Bleu – Hollywood, and received additional training at the French Culinary Institute. She also interned at Martha Stewart Living and The Food Network

Food Network

Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....

 series, Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee.

Television

Nixon was voted "fan fav" and finished in fourth place in Season 4 of The Next Food Network Star

The Next Food Network Star

The Next Food Network Star is a reality television series produced by and aired on the Food Network in the United States that awards the winner his or her own series on the Food Network...

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Kelsey's Essentials premiered on November 6, 2010, on the Cooking Channel

Cooking Channel

Cooking Channel is a television specialty channel that airs recurring programs about food and cooking, owned by Scripps Networks Interactive. It is a spinoff of Food Network, also owned by SNI, but focuses more on instructional shows rather than "reality style" and contest programming that Food...

, a sister network of Food Network

Food Network

Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....

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External links

• http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/kelseys-essentials/index.html
• http://kelseyskitchen.com/about/
• http://www.buddytv.com/info/kelsey-nixon-info.aspx
• http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogs/bitebybite/50306435-60/nixon-cooking-kelsey-network.html.csp